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Kuro Obi (2007), Japan
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1084019
http://kuro-obi.cinemacafe.net/ (official site)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2uDBttbuGg (trailer)
http://peevee.tv/v?1pil3 (making of)
http://blog.livedoor.jp/kuro_obi (blog)
The movie tagline: “Real Fight, Real Karate, Real Japan” just says it all. Nothing to add, so my review can only be a variation of the same statement. I waited much to see this. There is no English subtitled edition yet, but finally they released the […]

 
I just found a real rarity, that I didn’t even know it existed. I think movie soundtracks are less likely to get released in Hong Kong compared to Korea or Japan, many of them never get on a CD. That’s why I was surprised to see that a movie from the 90’s, the only one […]

Gackt’s 23rd single, Redemption was released in January. The two songs on it are from the PS2 game, Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus. Tracklist:

1. Redemption
2. Longing
3. Redemption instru.
4. Longing instru.

The album consists of two song, Redemption, Longin and their instrumental / karaoke versions. Thefirst, Redemption is a simple, catchy rock song which is mainly sounds […]

 
The Wire Magazine’s electronica album of the year 2000. Susumu Yokota is one of Japan’s biggest house/techno DJs, but this album is more about the soft, ambient tunes.
Tracklist:

1. Saku
2. Tobiume
3. Uchu Tanjyo
4. Hagoromo
5. Genshi
6. Gekkoh
7. Hisen
8. Azukiiro No Kaori
9. Kodomotachi
10. Naminote
11. Shinsen
12. Kirakiraboshi

The album is full of dreamy, catchy, loop-based melodies. It can’t be described […]

Ayumi Hamasaki’s 40th single was released this week. The album titled Blue Bird contains 3 songs and 6 tracks together with remixes…
Tracklist

BLUE BIRD – 4:09
Beautiful Fighters – 5:17
Ladies Night ~another night~ – 4:04
BLUE BIRD (Harderground remix) – 6:24
BLUE BIRD (Instrumental) – 4:09
Beautiful Fighters (Instrumental) – 5:17

The titles song is a typical Ayumi song in Japanese, […]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430651
Japanese black comedy from 2004 starring Tadanobu Asano. I watched this movie because I liked the soundtrack so much. With expectations based on the music I was a little disappointed, even though I was prepared to see something comepletely mindless. The film also stars Vinnie Jones (Lock Stock.., Snatch, X-men). Director is Gen Sekiguchi, it’s his […]

Utada Hikaru’s 4th album has just been released in June. Featuring previous hit single songs it’s a nice, long-avaited pop/dance album.
Tracklist
1. This is love | 2. Keep Tryin’ | 3. Blue | 4. Nichiyou no Asa | 5. Making Love | 6. Dareka no negaiga kanau koro | 7. Colors | 8. One Night Magic | 9. […]

http://www.heavensdust.com/ 
I came across HeavensDust’s music by chance and I fell for it at once, the band is mixing Japanese traditional music with doom metal. A little dark but beautiful music. They have 3 albums released already, and we can find a video on their website and listen to songs too. Their bassist is a girl […]